Data Input: Lists
As discussed in Chapter 3, data-centric web applications generally have two views: lists of objects, and the objects themselves (objects are also called “forms,” “records,” and “rows,” depending on the context).
Users of these kinds of applications generally start from lists, selecting and opening individual objects they wish to examine or change. When they’re done with the objects, they close them and return to the list view.
If this seems too broad a statement—you fill in forms all the time and you never start from a list—keep in mind that as a user of a public site (an e-commerce site, a government agency, or even an automatic teller machine) you won’t see the list view. Only the people at the company managing ...
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